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Ph0eniX
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 Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 1:00 am Post subject: can't get yaboot to work [SOLVED] |
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I'm getting:
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mkofboot: Finding OpenFirmware device path to `/dev/hda2'...
ofpath: Unable to determine sysfs mountpoint
mkofboot: Unable to find OpenFirmware path for boot=/dev/hda2
mkofboot: Please add ofboot=<path> where <path> is the OpenFirmware path to /dev/hda2 to /etc/yaboot.conf
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when running "mkofboot -v" (on a G4 Mini) ...if I specify"ofboot=/dev/hda2" in yaboot.conf and run it, it doesn't return any errors but the bootloader hangs while loading stage 2.
How do I fix this?
Here's what my yaboot.conf looks like:
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boot=/dev/hda2
#ofboot=/dev/hda2
device=/pci@f4000000/ata-6@d/disk@0:
partition=4
root=/dev/hda4
delay=10
timeout=40
install=/usr/lib/yaboot/yaboot
magicboot=/usr/lib/yaboot/ofboot
image=/boot/kernel-genkernel-ppc-2.6.17-gentoo-r4.JackS
initrd=/boot/initramfs-genkernel-ppc-2.6.17-gentoo-r4.JackS
label=linux
root=/dev/hda4
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I'm installing 2006.0
My partition layout: /dev/hda2=bootstrap, /dev/hda3=swap, /dev/hda4=linux root.
Thanks!
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JoseJX
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| Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 3:13 am Post subject: |
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It looks like you're running mkofboot -v while you're still in the chroot. Make sure that you're out of the chroot when setting up yaboot. (Use the -C option to tell it to use your config file from your installation).
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Ph0eniX
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| Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 1:03 pm Post subject: |
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Thank you! ...you're right, I was trying to run mkofboot from the chroot'ed environment. It's working now. I'm having another issue now but I'll leave it for another topic.
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